WOODPECKER. 377 



43.— NOOTKA WOODPECKER. 



Picus flaviventris, Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Gen. Zool. ix. 161. 

 Vieill. Am. Sept. ii. 67. 



THIS is a small Species. General colour black, spotted on the 

 wings with white ; head, neck, and breast red ; belly yellowish olive. 



Inhabits Nootka Sound, on the north-west Coast of America; 

 first observed there by Captain Cook. 



44.— GOLD-CRESTED WOODPECKER. 



Picus melanochlorus, Ind. Orn.'i. 239. Gm. Lin.'i. 427. Gen. Zool.ix. 203. 



pi. 35. x x x x x 

 — — varius Americanus cristatus, Bris. iv. 34. Id. 8vo. ii. 51. 

 Gold-crested Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 589. 



SIZE of the Green Woodpecker. Bill dusky ; on the head a 

 very long crest, of a golden orange-colour ; cheeks reddish ; between 

 the base of the bill and the eyes a purple spot ; general colour of the 

 body black and yellow, mixed in waves, streaks, and spots, but 

 beneath chiefly the latter ; tail black ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and other parts of America ; feeds on worms. 



45— CRIMSON-CRESTED WOODPECKER. 



Grand Pic raye de Cayenne, Buf. vii. 31. PL enl. 719. Ind. Orn. i. 239. 41. |3. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill black ; top of the head black ; 

 feathers of the hindhead elongated, and beautiful crimson ; sides of the 

 head white, in the middle of which the eyes are placed ; on the under 



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